Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2008, 4:31 AM EST for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jan 31, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2008, 4:31 AM EST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2008, 1:04 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 39 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 4:00 AM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Frankfort, IN | |
| Feb 1, 4:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| Feb 1, 4:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 7 Ne Williamsport, IN | 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW AT INDEPENDENCE |
| Feb 1, 8:11 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| Feb 1, 9:45 AM EST | SNOW 6 | West Lafayette, IN | MEASURED SIX INCHES BY WLFI-TV METEOROLOGIST |
| Feb 1, 12:45 PM EST | SNOW 7.1 | West Lafayette, IN | MEASURED BY WLFI BROADCAST METEOROLOGISTS AT THE STATION. SOME MINOR DRIFTING REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KIND 310931 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 431 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A SULLIVAN TO INDIANAPOLIS TO ANDERSON LINE. MEANWHILE...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ON HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. REMEMBER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS IN QUESTION AND ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK WILL ALTER THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT THAT WILL FALL. INZ021-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>054-060-311745- /O.UPG.KIND.WS.A.0001.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0001.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE 431 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES SOUTHEAST OF A TERRE HAUTE TO KOKOMO LINE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 9 AM EST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A TERRE HAUTE TO KOKOMO LINE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ040>042-048-049-055>057-061>065-067>072-311745- /O.UPG.KIND.WS.A.0001.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0001.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HANCOCK-HENRY-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 431 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ON HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KIND 311741 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1241 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A SULLIVAN TO INDIANAPOLIS TO ANDERSON LINE. MEANWHILE...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. REMEMBER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS IN QUESTION AND ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK WILL ALTER THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT THAT WILL FALL. INZ021-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>054-060-010145- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE 1241 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES SOUTHEAST OF A TERRE HAUTE TO KOKOMO LINE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 9 AM EST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A TERRE HAUTE TO KOKOMO LINE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ040>042-048-049-055>057-061>065-067>072-010145- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HANCOCK-HENRY-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1241 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ LAJ
000 WWUS43 KIND 312149 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 449 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A SULLIVAN TO INDIANAPOLIS TO ANDERSON LINE. MEANWHILE...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. REMEMBER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS IN QUESTION AND ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK WILL ALTER THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT THAT WILL FALL. INZ021-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>054-060-010600- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE 449 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... LIGHT SNOW IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 9 AM EST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A TERRE HAUTE TO KOKOMO LINE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ040>042-048-049-055>057-061>065-067>072-010600- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HANCOCK-HENRY-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 449 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... LIGHT SNOW IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ PUMA
000 WWUS43 KIND 010052 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 752 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .SNOW IS STARTING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE SNOW MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1100 PM...HOWEVER MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE OVERNIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A SULLIVAN TO INDIANAPOLIS TO ANDERSON LINE. MEANWHILE...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. REMEMBER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS IN QUESTION AND ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK WILL ALTER THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT THAT WILL FALL. INZ021-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>054-060-010900- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE 752 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 9 AM EST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A TERRE HAUTE TO KOKOMO LINE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ040>042-048-049-055>057-061>065-067>072-010900- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HANCOCK-HENRY-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 752 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ PUMA
000 WWUS43 KIND 010231 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 931 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE SNOW MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE OVERNIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A SULLIVAN TO INDIANAPOLIS TO ANDERSON LINE. MEANWHILE...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. REMEMBER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS IN QUESTION AND ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK WILL ALTER THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT THAT WILL FALL. INZ021-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>054-060-011045- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE 931 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO AND CRAWFORDSVILLE MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES. INDIANAPOLIS...GREENCASTLE AND TERRE HAUTE MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS CLOSER TO 6 TO 8 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ040>042-048-049-055>057-061>065-067>072-011045- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HANCOCK-HENRY-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 931 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VINCENNES TO BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. MUNCIE AND ANDERSON WILL MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. BLOOMINGTON...SEYMOUR AND VINCENNES MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ PUMA
000 WWUS43 KIND 010653 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 153 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REST OF TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES WAS OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO INDIANAPOLIS TO WINCHESTER. WHILE SNOW WAS OCCURRING FARTHER NORTH. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA BY 400 AM AND OVER EASTERN SECTIONS BY 700 AM EST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 7 INCHES IN THE KOKOMO AND LAFAYETTE AREAS TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN OUR FAR SOUTH. REMEMBER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS IN QUESTION AND ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK WILL ALTER THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT THAT WILL FALL. INZ021-028>031-035>038-043-044-011500- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE 153 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION INCREASING WINDS LATER TODAY WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ039>042-045>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-011500- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 153 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW OVER WESTERN INDIANA BY 400 AM EST AND IN THE EAST BY 700 AM EST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES A LITTLE NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS AND ALSO IN THE MUNCIE AND TERRE HAUTE AREAS TO ONE TO TWO INCHES IN OUR FAR SOUTH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ JH
000 WWUS43 KIND 011013 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 513 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FROM TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS AND SHELBYVILLE AND SOUTHWARD. INZ043>048-051>056-060>065-067>072-011800- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WW.Y.0001.080201T1013Z-080201T1800Z/ VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 513 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES THE TERRE HAUTE AND INDIANAPOLIS AREAS TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS SHOULD BE OVER BY AFTERNOON. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SLICK ROADS...MANY AREAS EXPERIENCED A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND SOME ROADS MAY BE ICE COVERED SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. $$ INZ021-028>031-035>039-011815- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE 513 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT AND KOKOMO AREAS. YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY. $$ INZ040>042-049-057-011815- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE 513 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ JH
000 WWUS43 KIND 011500 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1000 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ030-031-037-038-011800- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KIND.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ CLINTON-HOWARD-BOONE-TIPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO 1000 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND END BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SLICK ROADS...MANY AREAS EXPERIENCED A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND SOME ROADS MAY BE ICE COVERED SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ039>042-049-057-011600- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE 1000 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING AND THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA. OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. $$ INZ047-048-053>056-060>065-067>072-011600- /O.CAN.KIND.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ MARION-HANCOCK-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1000 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION HAS ENDED. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY AND SLICK AS TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING. CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. $$ INZ021-028-029-035-036-012300- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE 1000 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TODAY. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND CREATE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOWFALL THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY . YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY. $$ INZ043>046-051-052-011800- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-VIGO-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TERRE HAUTE 1000 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE WEST OF A GREENCASTLE TO DANVILLE LINE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SLICK ROADS...MANY AREAS EXPERIENCED A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND SOME ROADS MAY BE ICE COVERED SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS43 KIND 011804 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 104 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... .NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE QUICKLY EXITS CENTRAL INDIANA.. INZ021-028-029-035-036-011915- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE 104 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ INZ030-031-037-038-043>046-051-052-011915- /O.EXP.KIND.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ CLINTON-HOWARD-BOONE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- VIGO-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...TERRE HAUTE 104 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WHILE A FEW FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL HAPPEN THIS AFTERNOON...NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED. $$ LAJ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 31, 2:55 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 2:55 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 255 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... FCST FOCUS ON EVOLUTION OF APPROACHING STORM...PRECIP TYPE AND AMOUNTS THE OBVIOUS ISSUE. NO SIG INITIALIZATION ERRORS NOTED WITH THE 00Z MODELS. SLIGHT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NAM (SLOWER FURTHER SOUTH) AND GFS (FASTER AND FURTHER NORTH). THERE IS SUPPORT FROM THE ECMWF FOR THE FASTER FURTHER N POSITION HOWEVER TRENDS ARE A BIT SLOWER. A COMPROMISE SOLUTION WILL BE FOLLOWED. TODAY...CLDS WILL INCREASE AS FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING DEVELOPS AND ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON. DRY ATMOSPHERE SHOULD LIMIT ANY PRECIP TO THE SW AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PREFER THE COLDER MET MOS WHICH HAS BEEN MUCH BETTER OF LATE. TONIGHT...THE UPPER LOW WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHERN OK INTO FAR SW INDIANA BY 12Z FRI. FORCING IN THE FORM OF STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT FOCUSED ON 290-300K WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY. 3-5G/KG OF MOISTURE EVIDENT IN THE 800-600MB LAYER. MEANWHILE...850-600MB FRONTOGENIC FORCING WILL ALSO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED DYNAMIC LIFT. CROSS SECTIONS SHOW STRONGEST LIFT WITHIN THE SNOW GROWTH -12 TO -16C LEVEL IN THE 03Z TO 09Z TIME FRAME. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HVY SNOW. QUESTION THEN BECOMES WHERE AND PRECIP TYPE. AFTER LOOKING OVER THICKNESSES AND SOUNDINGS IT APPEARS THAT AREAS ALONG AND NW OF A TERRE HAUTE TO KOKOMO LINE SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW WHILE A ZONE SE OF THIS LINE COULD SEE SNOW AND GRADUALLY A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET AFTER 06Z TONIGHT...AND THIS INCLUDES THE IND METRO AREA. FURTHER SOUTH...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD GIVE WAY TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS BOTH GFS/ETA SOUNDINGS SHOW A PRONOUNCED 2-5C WARM LAYER AROUND 850MB WITH SFC WET BULB TEMPS FCST TO REMAIN AOB 30 DEGREES TONIGHT. BOTH GFS/ETA FCST QPF OF .50 TO OVER 1 INCH ACROSS THE ENTIRE FCST AREA SO THERE IS CONCERN FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER INCH ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THIRD TONIGHT. WILL FCST LOWS NEAR WET BULB TEMP FCST WHICH KEEPS ALL AREAS BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST PRECIP MAY OCCUR TONIGHT AS THE ABOVE MENTIONED FORCING TEAM UP TO PRODUCE QUITE A RESPONSE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. FRI...TRACK OF UPPER LOW AND SFC LOW ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR ANYWHERE BUT THE FAR NW PARTS OF THE CWA. BOTH THE GFS/ETA THICKNESSES SUGGEST A MIXTURE OF PRECIP MAY SPREAD AS FAR NE AS MUNCIE AS THE SE THIRD OF THE CWA MAY ACTUALLY END UP ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SFC LOW. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL POTENTIAL. HOWEVER...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS STILL APPEAR POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NW THIRD CLOSER TO THE DEVELOPING TROWEL/DEFORMATION ZONE. ETA AND GFS BOTH HINT AT A DRY SLOT WORKING INTO THE CWA AFTER 12Z FRI SO PRECIP INTENSITY MAY WANE FOR ALL BUT THE FAR NW. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD ALSO OCCUR THROUGH 18Z FRI BEFORE THE LOW PULLS AWAY AND COLDER AIR RETURNS TO CHANGE THE PRECIP BACK TO SNOW. HIGHS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S NW TO THE MID 30S SE. WE WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE CWA FOR TONIGHT AND FRI. I DO EXPECT THAT SFC AIR TEMPS MAY EXCEED 32 DEGREES FRI ACROSS THE SE THIRD WHICH WILL MITIGATE ANY ICE ACCUMS HOWEVER GIVEN THE HIGH QPF AND FCST SOUNDINGS TONIGHT...THERE APPEARS TO BE A RISK FOR ICE ACCUMS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER INCH AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE WARNING ACROSS THE FAR SE. SNOW AMOUNTS BASED OFF OF MOISTURE...MAGNITUDE OF FORCING AND DURATION OF FORCING SUGGEST 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE NW THIRD. IN THE INDY METRO AREA 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW/SLEET WITH LIGHT ICE POSSIBLE AFTER 12Z FRI. AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS SHOULD SEE SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE BUT WITH A GREATER ICE THREAT. AS MENTIONED...HEAVIEST SNOWS COULD OCCUR ALONG A TERRE HAUTE TO KOKOMO LINE AND POINTS NW. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SE STATES WILL KEEP INDIANA DRY. WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW LEFT ON THE GROUND FROM THE THURS/FRI STORM WILL CUT HIGHS A FEW DEGREES ON SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT A VERY WEAK COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE STATE BUT MOISTURE IS VERY LIMITED SO WOULD ONLY EXPECT SOME CLOUDS AS THE FRONT PASSES. TEMPS ON SAT NIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MID 20S. SUNDAY....WINDS BEGIN TO SHIFT BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH AFTER FROPA ON SAT NIGHT. BY SUNDAY NIGHT AN H85 WARM FRONT PUSHES INTO THE SW CORNER OF THE CWA. THE 285K-290K ISENTROPIC SURFACE SHOWS ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR PRECIPITATION. HAVE ADDED A CHANCE POP TO THE SW PORTION OF THE CWA. PRECIP TYPE AT THIS TIME LOOKS LIKE ALL RAIN IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST BUT WHERE I TAPERED POPS TO A SLIGHT CHANCE FARTHER TO THE NE THERE COULD BE SOME MIXED PRECIP BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN AS THE H85 WARM FRONT ADVANCES NORTH. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE AFOREMENTIONED WARM FRONT IS COURTESY OF A SURFACE LOW THAT WILL BE POSITIONED JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY MONDAY. GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE IN AHEAD OF THIS LOW AND SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE STATE. THE GFS/ECMWF ARE IN DISAGREEMENT AGAIN OVER THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW. THE GFS KEEPS THE LOW MUCH FARTHER NORTH AND WEST OF THE STATE WHILE THE ECMWF BRINGS THE LOW STRAIGHT OVER INDIANA. BY SOMETIME ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT ITS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE MORE SPECIFIC PRECIP TYPES IN DAY 6/7 SO WILL NOT DEVIATE FROM THE CURRENT ALL RAIN FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THEN FALL BACK TO MORE SEASONABLE TEMPS AFTER FROPA. .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 310600Z TAF ISSUANCE. MODEL WND PROGS SUGGEST SOME SFC WNDS WL APPROACH 15 KTS FM THE E BY THE LT MORN HRS ON THU. OTRW...NO SIG CLD COVER BLW 050/VSBYS UNRESTRICTED THRU 311800Z. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING ALL AREAS TONIGHT AND FRI. && AVIATION...JAS SHORT TERM...CO LONG TERM...SALLY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 5:20 PM EST, 11 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 520 PM EST WED JAN 30 2008 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-312230- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- 520 PM EST WED JAN 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WITH THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A TERRE HAUTE TO MUNCIE LINE. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY ALSO OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND ANY CHANGE COULD ALTER THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THAT COULD OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE SNOW LATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060>065-067>072-312230- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 520 PM EST WED JAN 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE NEAR ZERO DEGREES TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH DUE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SNOW OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ALSO APPEARS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND ANY CHANGE COULD ALTER THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THAT COULD OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE SNOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) PUMA
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.